Photo: Nyttend · Public domainGreenfield Township has higher household incomes than 64% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 5.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio. Jobs and income earn Greenfield Township B+; getting around on foot earns it C−. Only 7% work in Greenfield Township itself; outside it, Columbus draws the most (30%, 22 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Greenfield Township stands out on work
Greenfield Township trades workers with the towns around it
Greenfield Township has about as many jobs (3,046) as working residents (2,644), but they are mostly different people: 2,472 residents leave for work each day while 2,874 people come in. Only 6% of the jobs in Greenfield Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Greenfield Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Greenfield Township went from 2,130 in 2014 to 3,046 in 2024, +43%. The jobs ↓
30% of Greenfield Township works in Columbus
791 working residents, 30%, have their main job in Columbus, 22 miles away. That’s 4 times as many as work in Greenfield Township itself. The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Greenfield Township
66% of Greenfield Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 48% of the jobs based in Greenfield Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 93% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Where Greenfield Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Greenfield Township is better than 72% of U.S. towns, #350 of 992 in Ohio. The poverty rate holds Greenfield Township’s grade up; unemployment pulls it down (4.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Greenfield Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
Who works in Greenfield Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 2,472 residents head out to work, 172 work right here, and 2,874 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The 3,046 jobs based in Greenfield Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Greenfield Township, 2014 → 2024: 2,130 → 3,046. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Greenfield Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where the trip to work from Greenfield Township ends
Where Greenfield Township clocks in
30% of workers
16% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
From Greenfield Township, about 27 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Greenfield Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,501 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Short hops and long hauls from Greenfield Township
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Driving is how Greenfield Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Greenfield Township is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns, #728 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Greenfield Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,719 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.4% of Greenfield Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Greenfield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Greenfield Township is 1,037th of 3,336 U.S. towns of 4,200 to 8,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 27 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Pepper Pike OH | 6,886 | $228K | 1.8% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Independence OH | 7,456 | $116K | 2.4% | 1.5% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,035 | Kahaluu HI | 5,619 | $142K | 6.9% | 5.5% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,036 | Ashburnham MA | 6,554 | $119K | 6.8% | 3.0% | 9% | B+ |
| 1,037 | Greenfield Township OH | 5,954 | $86K | 5.8% | 4.3% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,038 | Otis Orchards-East Farms WA | 5,454 | $98K | 5.6% | 4.1% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,039 | Swartz Creek MI | 5,827 | $72K | 10.9% | 0.6% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,336 | Medina TX | 4,226 | $22K | 53.8% | 10.1% | 3% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Greenfield Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
17% of Greenfield Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Lancaster (16%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Greenfield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenfield Township | – | B+ | C− | 27 min | $86,292 |
| Lancaster | 16% | C+ | B+ | 28 min | $59,133 |
| Pleasant Township | under 2% | B | D | 30 min | $107,052 |
| Bloom Township | 1% | A+ | C | 28 min | $114,493 |
| Liberty Township | under 2% | A− | C | 27 min | $100,479 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Greenfield Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Greenfield Township: questions
What is the median household income in Greenfield Township?
$86,292 (±$10,245) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Greenfield Township?
5.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Greenfield Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Greenfield Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (30%, 22 mi), Lancaster (16%, 5 mi), Canal Winchester (3%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Greenfield Township walkable?
Greenfield Township is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Greenfield Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Greenfield Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Greenfield Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.